Basket thumbnail 1
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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Basket

1815-1830 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oval basket and stand of earthenware transfer-printed in black enamel with 'Medora and Angelica, writing their names in a tree', after Bartolozzi's engravings of G. B. Cipriani's illustrations to the 1773 edition of Ariosto's Orlando furioso (published in Birmingham)


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Basket Body
  • Basket Stand
Materials and techniques
Earthenware transfer-printed with black enamel
Brief description
Oval basket and stand of earthenware transfer-printed with black enamel, Creil pottery factory, Creil, printed in Paris, 1815-1830.
Physical description
Oval basket and stand of earthenware transfer-printed in black enamel with 'Medora and Angelica, writing their names in a tree', after Bartolozzi's engravings of G. B. Cipriani's illustrations to the 1773 edition of Ariosto's Orlando furioso (published in Birmingham)
Marks and inscriptions
'CREIL' (Impressed)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subjects depicted
Literary referenceAriosto's <u>Orlando furioso</u>
Collection
Accession number
4123 to A-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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